[pct-l] about potty trowels,

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Those orange plastic trowels are really dangerous. I had one break  
and cut my hand on the soft part between thumb and forefinger. I  
never used a trowel again. I can't risk tearing my hand up in the  
wilderness. That's why I turned to using a rock. A flat, sharp-edged  
rock digs a hole better than a trowel. A trowel is shaped wrong for  
my weak upper body strength. It doesn't work for me to scoop  
underhanded from the side, it works for me to hack overhanded from  
above. I worry that a tent stake will bend. Using a rock, it doesn't  
matter if it breaks because there are more rocks. Site selection is  
key, too. Far away, through some tangled stuff so that nobody will  
follow by accident in the future. And find a place where the dirt is  
soft enough you can dig with a pine cone if need be.
On Dec 14, 2010, at 6:10 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> Do you have a link to the type you're talking about?
> My orange plastic one is starting to break, so rather than buy  
> another of
> those, I'm looking for an alternative.